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On the recordMay 23, 2017
If you go through one of the communities I represent it is like you take a razor and you just zzzzzz, you go right, and they are gone. It is astounding.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Kaptur describes the devastating impact of the emerald ash borer on her communities.

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